Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"You're finally willing to confess to me." Draco folded his arms in dissatisfaction, "Do you know how much you gave those fools a laugh at what you did at the ball before? It's not just Slytherin, I have a long time Keep hearing those bastards make fun of snippets of that report. Even though they're more of a satire on Potter and Granger, you can't avoid getting caught up in it!"

Zoe handed him a bottle of butterbeer brought back from the Hog's Head pub. The last time they went to Hogsmeade, Aberforth didn't ask her much about her situation, and she didn't even show much. Much caring, like she's just a regular guest.But Hermione whispered to her afterwards that last time he was worried about why Zoe didn't go.

Aberforth still didn't let go, he still refused to forgive Dumbledore, but at least his tone was less intense when he mentioned his brother, Zoe would tell him some news about Dumbledore's life every time, or It's something funny now or in the past, like when Dumbledore woke up one night and stumbled into a room full of chamber pots.Aberforth listened absent-mindedly every time, and he would not stop his actions because of what Zoe said, but he never interrupted her, although he never expressed his opinion.

No matter how popular a drink is, if you drink it for a long time in a row, you will get so bored that you won't want to see it for a long time.Zooey even ignored Daisy's dull eyes and forced a part of it to her.Fleur doesn't like the taste of butter beer very much, just drink it once and never touch it again, and Amber can't consume much by herself.

"Where did you get this, Hogsmeade?" Draco took a sip.They were sitting outside under a big tree. The sun was rare today, but it wasn't hot at all, it just emitted a dazzling light.

"I didn't expect it to become like that. It's all because of the reporter's scribbling. You can't really believe the things written on it, Draco. You know I don't like Potter." Zooey licked She licked her lips, she had been living lightly these days, compared to the heavy feeling when she had a lot of worries before, now she almost felt that she could float into the sky.

"Yeah, I do know. But then I can't understand what you've done." Draco frowned, "Why did you ask Potter to be your partner?"

"Why do you think so?" Draco hesitated for a long time before hesitatingly asked. "For... Granger?"

"Yes." Zooey nodded, "I did that because of Hermione and Krum. Because Krum is Durmstrang's warrior, if I want to get close to him, I have to find someone else." One warrior. And the rest are not on my radar."

"But why?" Draco was puzzled, "Why did Granger provoke you? You have to 'pull' him?"

"Don't say that word, Draco." Zooey coughed twice, "I was almost tired of being laughed at by Luna using this word in the past few days."

"Lovegood knew?" Draco's mood became worse after seeing Zoe nodded naturally, "Knowing before me?" Zoe shrugged. "In fact, she was the first to know, earlier than anyone else. She is my roommate, and she is very sensitive. I can't hide it from her."

Draco whispered something, Zoe didn't catch it all, but it sounded like he was complaining at first.

"Draco, listen." Zooey lowered her head. Of course she trusted the boy who had been with her all the time, but she was also very uncomfortable. Confessing secrets with close people always takes more psychological effort than confessing to strangers Construction, even if they don't reject you for it and you know it, you still can't say it.

"I have someone I like." Draco didn't understand at first, and looked at her in confusion.

"You're kidding!" Zoe repeated it twice before he yelled in horror, "Which bastard is it? Is it Potter! Or... Krum?!"

"Calm down, calm down, Draco." Draco's reaction made Zooey relax, and she comforted the boy beside her, "Neither. Neither Potter nor Krum... Speak out Don't believe me, I will give you an explanation, but you must promise to listen to me calmly."

Draco stared blankly at Zooey's serious expression, and finally nodded.

"It's Hermione Granger."

Zoe could even imagine Draco crumbling the name into words that he couldn't understand himself, because he had a dazed expression that he didn't understand at all, and finally he opened his mouth wide.

Zoe wisely blocked her ears, presumably the students walking around that day could hear a roar resounding through the sky.Zoe waited until Draco could no longer see that he was agitated on the surface before dropping his hand.

"Granger?!" But as soon as she put down her hand, Draco asked in a desperately low voice, "Isn't that a... girl!" Zooey nodded. "Yes, it's true."

Draco was dying like a frog struck by lightning.It took him a long time to finally calm down, but his bloodless face was covered in sweat. "When did you..."

"Last year... a little further back was probably the holiday of the year before last." Zooey thought for a while.Her heart is far from as calm as she is now, and she is worried that she will read something that will make her painful from Draco's eyes, but she also knows that even if the situation becomes that way, she has no position to blame Draco. Raco what.

"You... you..." Draco trembled his lips, "Are you really not kidding me, Zoe?"

Zooey shook her head.Draco covered his face with both hands and wiped his sweat: "I don't know what to say now. I didn't...I don't know how to face you, Zoe. I never thought that one day I would Hearing this kind of thing from your mouth... It is very common for me to fall in love between a man and a woman, but you are too rare, and I only know Meg."

"Give me a little time, Zoe." Draco closed his eyes, "Let me try to accept it."

"You don't have to force yourself to accept it, Draco. If you really hate this, I won't bring it up in front of you again..."

"How is this possible? Of course I'm going to accept it!" Draco yelled. "I didn't expect that I would be so shaken. I can obviously accept Meg's wedding, because I think it is a very common thing for her to do this. But I think it may also be because... I don't treat Meg like you Because of being so close."

"What do you think I would think if one day my dad or my mom suddenly came up to me and told me they fell in love with another person of the same sex? No matter how much I like Meg, she is just an idol to me, just an outsider .Her life has nothing to do with mine after all...but you are my family, or better than family...I can't accept it, but I hope I can..." Draco smiled bitterly, "I don't know I want to say something, I need a moment."

"No, enough." Zoe said sincerely, "Thank you, Draco."

Like the little light breaking through the haze, the boy's clumsy sincerity is worth a thousand words.She has always been afraid of being alienated by those close to her, so she has been reluctant to take the first step, and even if she does, she must be careful not to make any mistakes.But she now finds that those who are important to her, and to her, are tolerant, and even if they can't accept it right away, they are willing to try to accept it.

The bad things she always thought would happen actually came to a successful conclusion in the end, she wasn't the only one who would choose to endure in order to maintain intimacy, and she didn't have to think that these people couldn't understand herself.

"I've always been very uncomfortable, and I didn't want you to notice my changes, thinking that you would leave me because of this." Zoe said easily, "But at least tell you, Draco. It's the worst thing I've ever done. One of the wise decisions."

"You can tell me next time you have something. Before you confess to Lovegood, I don't want to be kept in the dark every time and be the last person to know." Draco complained, "If you Come to me, I'm sure I can do better than Potter." After that, he brought up the matter several times, and Draco didn't let it go until Zoe promised that she would be the first to tell him if she needed anything next time.